Numbers 33:52-53 (NKJV) 52 then you shall drive out all the inhabitants of the land from before you, destroy all their engraved stones, destroy all their molded images, and demolish all their high places; 53 you shall dispossess the inhabitants of the land and dwell in it, for I have given you the land to possess.
God is a God of promises. He promises His people that they will possess certain things. And He is very specific with naming those things.
And His people love this.
But there is a part of this that we often overlook. When God tells us to possess something that He has promised us, there is very often a battle on our part in order to actually take possession of whatever it is that God promised us.
That’s right. We have to fight for it.
And that part can be a bit daunting for us.
This is the very part that got the Israelites into a heap of trouble, because they began to doubt God when they learned that they would have to fight to inhabit the land that God had promised them.
What we need to remember, though, is that God doesn’t just toss us into the ring and say “fight your own battles”.
On the contrary, He fights with us. And as He leads us in our fight, He gives us very specific instructions to follow that will assure us of our victory. We just have to be sure to follow His leading.
We may still incur bumps and bruises. We may get injured in the process. And we may come out of it with scars. Victory frequently comes at a price. But it is always worth it.
And when God is our Commander in Chief, He will always lead us the way we should go.
Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie
Seven Seas Ministries
P.O. Box 272
Bradford, RI 02808
401-315-0902
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